[PATCH v2 5/7] mm/page_alloc: Add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking

Kees Cook
2021-08-18T21:40:49Z

As already done in GrapheneOS, add the __alloc_size attribute for
appropriate page allocator interfaces, to provide additional hinting
for better bounds checking, assisting CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE and other
compiler optimizations.

Co-developed-by: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
include/linux/gfp.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 3745efd21cf6..897538d5ffd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -618,8 +618,10 @@ static inline struct folio *folio_alloc(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order)
extern unsigned long __get_free_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order);
extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);

+__alloc_size(1)
void *alloc_pages_exact(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask);
void free_pages_exact(void *virt, size_t size);
+__alloc_size(1)
void * __meminit alloc_pages_exact_nid(int nid, size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask);

#define __get_free_page(gfp_mask) \
--
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